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Book SynopsisA dazzling fantasy adventure for all ages, the third part of a quintet, richly illustrated by the author.The Abarat:a magical otherworld composed on an archipelago of twenty-five islands one for each hour of the day, plus an island out of time.Candy Quackenbush, escaping her dull, dull life from the most boring place in our world, Chickentown, USA, finds that in the Abarat she has another existence entirely, one which links her to marvels and mysteries; and even to murderIn this, the third volume in Clive Barker''s extraordinary fantasy for both adults and children, Candy''s adventures in the amazing world of the Abarat are getting more strange by the Hour. Christopher Carrion, the Lord of Midnight, has sent his henchmen to capture her. Why? she wonders. What would Carrion want with a girl from Minnesota? And why is Candy beginning to feel that the world of the Abarat is familiar to her? Why can she speak words of magic she doesn''t even remember learning?There is a mystery here. And
Trade ReviewPraise for ABARAT III: Absolute Midnight illustrated hardback edition:
“True moments of terror vie for attention with the flora and fauna of Abarat … All in all, fans will revel” – Kirkus Book Reviews
“Readers will agree with Candy: ‘So much still to do: to explore, to solve, to feel.’” – Booklist
Praise for ABARAT I illustrated hardback edition:
“ABARAT is more than just a new and major contender. It is (like his earlier book, THE THIEF OF ALWAYS) full of a level of beautiful terror that children are still just able to bear”
Independent
“Always creating and always pushing into the furthest reaches of the human mind, he is an artist in every sense of the word. He is the great imaginer of our time”
Quentin Tarantino
